Instrumentalist Rusty Matyas and singer Marti Sarbit formed Imaginary Cities in 2010 united by the love of soul music. The indie pop band has already released one album […]
REVIEW: Adrian Younge – Adrian Younge Presents The Delfonics
This project sounded like a good idea at first. But then again, a lot of things sound like a good idea, like when you bought that Chrysler […]
OPINION: Brad Paisley’s “Accidental Racist” feat. LL Cool J
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSurzeGvPrQ[/youtube] Disclaimer: I am a Brad Paisley fan. His music is the perfect blend of Wal-Mart country, old school country, and more effortlessly soulful than so-called soulful country […]
REVIEW: Kid Cudi’s “Indicud”
On Cudder’s newest effort, Indicud, it seems the never-ending plume of weed smoke hovering above his head is the cartoon rain cloud he can’t get out from under– […]
REVIEW: The Foreign Exchange ——The Reworks
Remix albums by artists are mostly unnecessary. The point of it all is to give their remixer friends some production credit and royalty checks, and keep fans interested […]
REVIEW: Ryan Leslie – Les Is More
I love most things in the 1990s; with the exception that it was a time when everyone thought they could rap. Singers and artists from Prince to Big […]
LIVE: The Foreign Exchange at the Key Club (LA)
There is nothing quite like an evening with The Foreign Exchange. It is part soulful introspection, part music for lovers, part hip-hop influenced mid-tempo grooves, part secular gospel […]
ALBUM REVIEW: Blu & Exile – Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them
The story of an album many times can define how it’s received, and with the many myriad and incomplete ways Blu & Exile’s sophomore collaborative effort leaked out […]
REVIEW: Brother Ali – Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color
Music, just like food and relationships, has to combine both aspects of “want” and “need” to be effective. For a musical product or project to be successful, it […]
LIVE: SCORED & JUMP N FUNK presents The AFROBEATLES, Los Angeles, CA.
I never had the urge to try any Chinois cuisine. Heck, I don’t even own any The Jeff Lorber Fusion records. So, AfroBeatles? In theory, it should be […]